Tajeli bin Salamat (born February 7, 1994) is a Singaporean professional footballer who is currently playing as a left-back or centre-back for Singapore Premier League club Balestier Khalsa and the Singapore national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tajeli bin Salamat | ||
| Date of birth | 7 February 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | left-back, centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Balestier Khalsa | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | Young Lions | 20 | (0) |
| 2014 | Balestier Khalsa | 18 | (1) |
| 2015 | Home United | 20 | (5) |
| 2016 | Young Lions | 4 | (0) |
| 2017 | Balestier Khalsa | 20 | (1) |
| 2019 | Warriors | 40 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Lion City Sailors | 36 | (2) |
| 2022 | → Geylang International (loan) | 19 | (3) |
| 2023–2024 | Tanjong Pagar United | 20 | (1) |
| 2024– | Balestier Khalsa | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Singapore SEA Games | 4 | (0) |
| 2021– | Singapore | 2 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 January 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 December 2021 | |||
Club career edit
Lions City Sailors edit
During the Sailors' 2022 AFC Champions League campaign in Buriram, Thailand, Tajeli and midfielder Anumanthan Kumar were expelled from the squad and sent back to Singapore for breaking the team's curfew.[1]
International career edit
Tajeli was called up to the Singapore U22 at age 25 for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Manila as an overaged player.[2] He made his SEA Games debut in a 0-0 draw against Laos under-23. During the SEA Games, Tajeli and eight footballers broke curfew. He, along with the other eight players, was subsequently punished with a fine by the Singapore National Olympic Council.[1]
On 11 November 2021, Tajeli made his international debut for Singapore National Team in an International 'A' Friendly match against Kyrgyzstan.[3]
Career statistics edit
- Update 26 May 2022
| Club | Season | S.League | Singapore Cup | League Cup Charity Shield |
Asia | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Young Lions FC | 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Balestier Khalsa | 2017 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| Total | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | |
| Tiong Bahru FC | 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Warriors FC | 2018 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 2019 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
| Total | 40 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 1 | |
| Lion City Sailors | 2020 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 2021 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 2 | |
| Geylang International | 2022 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 |
| Total | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | |
| Tanjong Pagar United | 2023 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| Total | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
| Balestier Khalsa | 2024–25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 135 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 153 | 8 | |
International edit
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
Honours edit
Lion City Sailors edit
Individual edit
- Singapore Premier League Team of the Year: 2020
References edit
- ^ a b "Two Sailors sent home". The Straits Times. 22 April 2022. pp. B18.
- ^ "Football: Faris and Ikhsan lead strike force at the SEA Games". The Straits Times. November 18, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- ^ "Lions fall to narrow friendly defeat against Kyrgyz Republic - Football Association of Singapore".
External links edit
- Tajeli Salamat at Soccerway